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"Sawfish in Sri Lanka may be ‘functionally extinct,’ but refuges remain"
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Sawfish in Sri Lanka may be 'functionally extinct,' but refuges remain
The sawfish is now thought to be “functionally extinct” in Sri Lankan waters. This means that while a few individuals may still exist, their numbers are likely too low for a viable breeding population.

NASA has selected a mission concept to research how space weather and dynamics within Earth’s atmosphere influence the space environment and help improve prediction capabilities for impacts on crucial technology, such as GPS and low Earth orbit satellites, as well as astronauts in space: #DAPHNE (Dynamic Atmosphere-Ionosphere Explorer) mission will enter Phase B of development, which includes planning and design for flight and mission operations

Can neurons speak? Semantic narration of vision at single-cell resolution https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.18667

Can neurons speak? Semantic narration of vision at single-cell resolution
Identifying what individual neurons encode in higher-order visual cortex is an open problem. Responses resist intuitive parameterization, and the deep-network embeddings used in their place are black boxes. Here, we introduce NEURRATOR, a framework that decodes spiking activity into free-form natural-language narration of the viewed scene at single-neuron resolution. A learned encoder maps spike trains from arbitrary subsets of simultaneously-recorded neurons into the patch-embedding space of a…

Cool to see what a couple of my friends are up to (in frickin' *space*). https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2019035627/canterbury-researchers-launching-drug-tests

Iran is saying it will “not return to prewar conditions”
and that Tehran will charge ships to transit the waterway after a 60-day toll-free period stipulated in the memorandum of understanding.
Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei reportedly said the issue of the strait would be the responsibility of Iran and Oman.
Chief Iranian negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on state television that the “strait of Hormuz will not return to prewar conditions”, addin…

Side-Hobby Wins: Turning Casual Sweeps Play Into Extras https://raiderramble.com/2026/03/18/side-hobby-wins-turning-casual-sweeps-play-into-extras/

Snap Specs: Erste echte AR-Brille für Konsumenten kostet 2195 Dollar
Mit der Specs will Snap die erste massentaugliche AR-Brille ohne externe Recheneinheit etablieren. Der stolze Preis könnte das verhindern.

Snap Specs: Erste echte AR-Brille für Konsumenten kostet 2195 Dollar
Mit der Specs will Snap die erste massentaugliche AR-Brille ohne externe Recheneinheit etablieren. Der stolze Preis könnte das verhindern.

Iran imposes mandatory insurance on ships transiting Strait of Hormuz, with fees likely to follow (Richard Meade/Lloyd's List)
https://www.lloydslist.com/LL1157571/Iran-imposes-mandatory-insurance-on-ships-transiting-Strait-of-Hormuz-with-fees-likely-to-follow
http://www.memeorandum.com/260619/p63#a260619p63

A rubbish challenge: how do we dump space junk? Modern life depends on space-based infrastructure, but there’s a lot of junk orbiting alongside working spacecraft. Katherine Courtney and Alice Gorman talk to Margaret Harris about the danger of #SpaceDebris – and what we need to do about it: https://physicsworld.com/a/a-rubbish-challenge-how-do-we-dump-space-junk/ (looong).

Mobilfunkmarkt: Österreichischer Anbieter Spusu startet in Deutschland
Der deutsche Mobilfunkmarkt hat mit dem österreichischen Familienunternehmen Spusu einen neuen Player. Im Fokus stehen Service und kurze Laufzeiten.

Mobilfunkmarkt: Österreichischer Anbieter Spusu startet in Deutschland
Der deutsche Mobilfunkmarkt hat mit dem österreichischen Familienunternehmen Spusu einen neuen Player. Im Fokus stehen Service und kurze Laufzeiten.